Tectonic plates are large segments of the Earth's crust that move slowly. Suppose that one such plate has an average speed of 4.9 cm/year. (a) What distance does it move in 1s at this speed? m (b) What is its speed in kilometers per million years? |km/million years

Tectonic plates are large segments of the Earth's crust that move slowly. Suppose that one such plate has an average speed of 4.9 cm/year. (a) What distance does it move in 1s at this speed? m (b) What is its speed in kilometers per million years? |km/million years

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Tectonic plates are large segments of the Earth's crust that move slowly. Suppose that one such plate has an average speed of 4.9 cm/year.
(a) What distance does it move in 1s at this speed?
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(b) What is its speed in kilometers per million years?
|km/million years

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